> You have to pay for ambulance services? OK, I am gullible, but I have
> to ask. Surely you aren't serious.
That's actually standard in most places in the US ... the ambulance services are
mostly private, for-profit companies. Generally the cost is covered by
insurance, but not always. You'll also likely be charged for any medical care
administered during the ride. ISTR the medical care (which consisted of someone
riding along in case there was a problem) cost almost as much as the ambulance
when they moved my late wife from hospital to hospital.
> >The tax assessment on my small home went up 45% just last year, reason, we
> >need an additional $148,000,000 for new schools in the next 2 years, the
> >builders have made millions and now left homeowners with no open space,
> >clogged roads, no schools and and better than double our taxes,
All of which you should have known *before* you bought into your exclusive,
guarded, gated community.
Before Prop 13 passed in California, I knew people whose prop tax payment was
bigger than their house payment ! Of course, it's a little hard to feel sorry
for people who paid $60k for a home worth $3Mil today.
Randall
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